Month: December 2019

Naturally, cannabis plant can be found in many countries, it will only matter when it comes to legality issues. Marijuana is a Mexican term that is often used identifying the cannabis leaves or plant. Based on statistics, around 147 million people or 2.5% of the world’s population, consume cannabis compared to 0.2% of those who consume cocaine and 0.2% consuming opiates. Over the past decades, there was a rapid growth of cannabis abuse. Since then, it has been linked to youth culture as the age of initiation is lower than of the other drugs.

Cannabis comes from the flowering plants of
the family Cannabaceae. Its usage dates back from the third millennium BC in
written history. It was in Islamic world that the first restriction was
reported. It is a plant indigenous to Central Asia and subcontinents of India.
Hemp is possibly the earliest cultivated plants due its usage valued for fiber and rope, as food and
medicine and for its psychoactive properties both in recreation and religious
use.

Countries And States Where Cannabis Is Legal

In most part, 50 states in Unites States
has a legal weed law. Many countries are in fact, legalizing the use of
marijuana both as a “medical
marijuana” and as a weed. Unfortunately, there are also few
countries that doesn’t allow the use nor smoking the weed. If you are within
the premises of France and Singapore, you would probably end up in the jail.

For the most part, there are more countries
where it legalize, decriminalize, or socially mainstreamed cannabis or the use
of it. These 26 countries, you might be surprise if your country is one of it,
legalizes if not the law isn’t as stricter compared to those who didn’t.

Canada. Legalized the use of
recreational marijuana in 2018. Growers were given permission by the federal
government to grow and distribute the cannabis plant.

United States. Due to the laws
implemented by different states, you need to know whether the state legalizes
it or not. Even a few puffs or vaping of this weed could land you to jail, in
some states. But altogether, US is under debate whether to legalize medical marijuana in the entire states,
especially those with proven medicinal value.